The New York Herald Newspaper, August 21, 1872, Page 8

ov ‘tpne Herald Livingstone Letters and the Slave Trade. BA. ‘Comments of the Diario dela Marina—“For Sev- eral Years Not a Single Slave Landed on the Cuban Coast from Africa’’—The Latest News About the Insurrection. Havana, August 15, 1872, The publication of Dr. Livingstone’s letter to Mr. Bennett and the editorial comments of the HERALD of the 27th of July, in referring to the Doctor's re- marks upon the slave trade in Africa and stating that Ouba was now the sole slave market of the ‘elvilized world, have had the same effect upon the Diarto de la Marina, which represents the ultra Spanish idea that a red rag would have on a bull, and has been the cause of another nervous fit and offence to this journal, and brought forth in its columns a refutation of the statement that the island of Cuba was still a market for that “‘reltc of parbarism,” the African slave trade. Nevertheless, well informed know better, and your corre- Spondent has repeatediy received the assurance that negroes from Africa have disembarked on this eoast within the present year, and but a few days @ince was informed by a gentleman holding a high position to 4 foreign government here, that the well known king of the slave traders had landed a cargo of “sacks of live coal’? on these shores, not far dis- ant from Havana, Such may or may not be the vase. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to ar- tive at the truth or source of such statements, bat the experience of former years, when the introduc- tion of African slaves was a matter of fact, and largo expeditions were frequently landed despjte of treaties made in apparent good faith, the details of such landings were carefully withheld from the public. Only those directly interested, the authori- ties in most of the cases, and the lmporters, were ft all aware of the particulars, and it was their in- terest to keep them i AS SECRET AS POSSIBLE, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. SOUTH AMERICA. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. BE SB Meoting of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York—Appointment of Com- mittees and Seoretaries—The Inatalla- tion. The R. W. G. Lodge of the State of New York met yesterday at Teutonia Hall, M. W. Grand Master Edwin 8, Ralpho in the chair, assisted by D. G. M. Lacy, Grand Warden St. John, Grand Secretary Charles V. Clark, Grand Treasurer Joe Russell, P, W. Mason as Grand Marshal pro fem, P. G. Sauls- paugh as Grand Conductor pro tem, P. G, Patter- son as Grand Herald, Grand Rep, Madden, White, Medole, Among the distinguished brethren present were Grand Past Pruden, P. G, M. George Smith, P, G. M. Wood, P. G. Sire Saunders, P, G. Representatives Terwilliger, Cornwell, Pinckney. The Grand Lodge opened in ample form, after which P, G. Rep. Millard as Chaplain pro tem, offered up a prayer. The Committee on Election and Returns were then appointed, as follows :— P. G.'s.—Jobes, of No. 107; Webbe, of 278; Crait, of No. 6; Mahan, of No. 43; Dilks, of No. 67; Sauer, of No. 33; Congor, of No. 77; Skelton, of No. 56, and Zimmerman, of No. 91. The Committee on Credentials, through P. G. Teal, reported that the credentials of the majority of del- egates were in order and the represeniatives en- titled to seata in the Grand Lodge, Alarge number of P. G.'s were then instructed in the Grand Lodge degree. ELECTION. The Committce on Election retired for dellbera- tion, and after a brief consultation made their re- port of the election :— For Grand Master there were cast 2,259 votes, Mi by AS Lie Bie ged ro ost 2,260 votes, of © Depu a a 0 which Thomas P. St. John, of No. 71, received 3,280 voter. ‘or Grand Warden wero cast 2341 votes, of which Chation bP Vandervoorty of Nor 10, received }.ao4. J.P. Murphy, of No. 54, 387;'J. F, Van ‘Nort, of No. 9, 9 George Pople, of No. 88, 169; W. L. Gibson, of No. 89, 62 James Gibson, of No. 45,'23. For Graud Secretary were cast 2,279 votes, of which Charten ¥. Clark. of No. 46, received 2,179, and Stephen hofleld, of 279, 100. For Grand Treasurer were cast 2,256 votes, all of which were given to Jacob Russell, of No, 28, Por Grand Representative 2,340 votes. Hamilton, of No. 3, received 757 were cast, of 3 John Medole, which E. No, 22, 1,180; Nich. I. Pettit, of No. 00, 132; John W. Stebbins, o¢ ‘No. 8, 280;'0. H. P. Kinny, of No. 219, 41. f THE OFFICERS OF THE G. 1. The following grand officers were declared and, therefore, only undefined rumors circulated | elected:— Teapecting such landings. Diplomatic inquiries re- peatedly made always resulted in the gov- ernment denying the fact. The slave trade ‘was not only a source of great profit to those who engaged directly in the business, ‘Dut the authorities at all cognizant of the expedl- tions assisted in the landings and concealment of @hese unfortunates for @ consideration. To-day the danger of offending the nations with whom Spain has treaties for the suppression of the tramc is far greater; but tho facilities for carrying out these enterprises to those powerful and influential gen of this island, whose interest still leads them to actin opposition to the dictates of humanity, progress and the law, are considerable; and such enterprises are more profitable than formerly, negro slaves commanding enormons prices, on account of the scarcity of field hands, and risks are undertaken with some degree of impunity, and under the coyer of manifestations of patriotism and the in- fiuence of ready cash, everything 1s possible in this island. But, in dental of all reports of this na- ture, the patriotic, but ignorant, Spaniards in gen- eral, not forgetting their prejudices, maintain that it isthe work of “laborantes,” just in the same manner as they attribute everything else, derogatory to the glory and power of Spain, to the machinations of conspiring Cubans, whom they style “laborantes.” The main idea of the Cubans on this question is well known—lberty and free- dom to all; aa it willbe remembered that during the first year of the insurrection, the Cnhan Con- gress issued a decree of emancination to >" classes, N. «+8 SOUFC the vile, &n ree Vrought down trom remote ages, and Which has'cajoled the glory-seeking minds of Roman Emperors. It is well known for the Diario spoke on the ject at the time, that several years ago two English vellers attempted an undertaking similar to Dr. Liv. "e. Speke and (rant, after having surveyed tho Innit of Lake Nyanza, to which they added the name of Victoria In honor of the reigning sovereign Of England, believed that they had discovered the source ofthe Nile: But later on S.r Samuel Baker discovered another lake of the same name, to which he added the name of Albert, tt being thus proved, as we showed at the the famous river was not one but vi a ile southward for a distance of 700 miles beyond the lake di: ered by Baker. 'o reduce the matter to the simplest geographical ex- Breil this discovery will prove, If substantiated, that ¢ Nile ty tho largest river In the world. Perhaps the tor himself, who has undergoue so many dangers and rive at this resnit, thus understands tt, has given his undertaking's character likely to interest tho entire civilized world. ks in moving iangnage of the horrors ‘yin A and hopes to snceced, by the aid of i Dation and the United ys, that the trade among e Africans themselves shall be abolished. Hut the RRALD, 1m fis editorial comments on this point, says nn untruth, h might be excused, coming from’ VD ingsione, ignorant on account of is vents, even of the succes of the Atl i » Heraup necds a corre 14 journal states, in order to whom, that the Island of Cuba ty t marker the Slave trade, and this awertion 1s absolutely f ror several years past the Island of Cuba has NOT NAD A SINGLE SLAVE FROM APRICA landed on Its cc Who declares otherwise states what untrue. Regarding the domestic {nstite'ton of slavery, € governinent of the nation ~~ most interested, »” the wi fong absence, of ic cable, but com- know «pists Invo' ing, the mat ce with the in- srtaking, with. too with uitherto it may give regarded with didain by vas humanitarian sentiments, Thi oft 80 Near Lurope—that depository of | wem—whieh has carried out so many labors re- auttant or trod In ligton, hosom tina beings stim 1 tise canmibalis wid not an undertaking to Chrastia ‘nguish In them the germs of barby: them and sotten one than to discover the sources ofa river? ERALD, the patron of this undertaking, considered Aves of ahother hind nt ope, Jostroy worthy, The Prime neceaslly grow as " gar cane, tobacco and all tropical fruits. To open these ew markets for European productions in exchange tor e native would be an enterprise worthy of the times we live in, even without counting the high hamanitarian eonsiderations to which we have already aliuded. THE INSURRECTI No new tidings of importance have been received within the be few days from the insurrectionary districts. The principal corps of the patriots, under the leadership of Generals Ygnacio Agramonte, VI- cente Garcia, Villamil and Magin Diaz, have con- centrated and taken up their position on the Mountain of Bainas, belonging to the ridge of Cubitas, situated about twenty-one miles from Puerto Principe. Here, Spanish reports say, the insurgents strongly fortified their positions, but would abandon them as soon as the government troops advance in that direction, The colonel of the regiment La Reyna Ayuso oMclally reports an engagement he had with the insurgents on the 28th uitino, in which, according to bis report, twenty-seven insurgents were killed, his loss being one soldier killed and two officers and twelve sol- diers wounded, ‘On the ist instant a party of insurgents appeared fn the neighno hood of bi Cobre, 1 javo de Cuba, and carried off a number of provi- sions, &c. Brigadier Fajardo has taken possession of the Central Department as Commanding General and Governor of Puerto Principe. No further reports of m ry operations have reached here from Trfas nor from Holguin. The late disastrous encounters already fully re- rted have been compictely confirmed. There ave boon rumors current Of severe engagements tn the Central Department, but not any of these have been congrmed The patriots appear to be resting on the resnits of lanrels lately w It Is believed here that not much can be done to- ward the suppression of the insurrection until towards the close of this year, Captain General Ceballos is making out a full and—as far oA possi ble—an tmpartial report of the state of affairs in this ixland, without disfiguring facts, as his prede- ceasors have done. Fresh troops are also required, @nd a demand for such is to be made on the mother | country. As usual, reports and rumors of all kinds and shades are current, and tt is dimeult to break through the barrier of falsehoods and misrepresen- tations which the government throws around {ts operations and get at anything else but the unl- form and biereotvped acconnts which have been given these past four yeurs by the journals of this city. OP cronista, the witra Spanish paper, published in New York, lias lately found no favor with the au. thorities in Havana. The whole edition forwarded by last mail Was confiscated by superior orders. THE SUIOIDE OF MRS. KENGER. Coroner Schirmer yesterday morning held an tn- quest in the case of Mrs. Ida Kenger, the woman | me es of w lengthy discussjon was the appoint: | (late of 142 Essex street) who committed suicide by ‘taking Paris green, a full report of which has here- toforé been published in the HekaLp, Mr, Kenger and three or four other witnesses were examined, and the facts elicited were the same in subptance &8 heretofore made public. "i | their manners |e a more | ‘Wm. Lacy, of No, 2, M. W. G, M. Thomas P. St, John, No. 71, R. ‘acob Rursell, of No. youn Medole, of No. an W. @. RB. GRAND MASTER'S REPORT, The M. W. Grand Master then presented hia an- nual report. All the forty-eight districts in the State were oMctally visited by the Grand Master, who travelled over sixteen thousand miles for the purpose of instructing the members in the secret work, but recommends the appointment of a com- petent Grand Instructor. The Grand Master looks with some degree of apprehension on the too rapid increase of lodges, many of which organize without considering the responsibility, and the report recom- mends that no charter be granted unless toa double number of applicants of whom at least one be a Past Grand. The manner of investing the lodge funds {s also alluded to, and proper legislation is recommended, After referring to some decision on points of law, the P, G, reported his action in reference to the re- lief of the Chicago sufferers. The report feelin alludes to the demise of P.G.M. § crs P. M, Cochrane, P. G. M. Post, P.G. Randoll and P. G. Ashton; refers to the system of voting and recommends proper legislation. The report was received and referred to a special committee composed of P. G. M. Gould, P. G.'s Rowe and Cowan. SECRETARY'S REPORT, The R, W. Grand Secretary submitted his re- port:— Thirty-four new lodges were instituted which had become extinet, reinstated ; I certifica.es issued, and six Rebecca degree uted. ‘The receipts for the past year were :— Assessments. rani lodges insti- reception... Recejyed from surrendered Total, . The footings of the semi-annual reports of lodges for the year ending with March, 1871, are as fol- lows:— Initiated . 6470 Withdrawn by card... 1,246 Admitted b; 1,478 Suspended 507 Reinstated jt Expelled . 67 —— Deaths 269 Total... Total... Showing anct increase of........-....) Add meinbership reported Maich, is7i. Total number contributing members... 29,440 The fiscal work of the lodges for the same year shows:— Amount paid for rellef of brdthe: Amount pald for rellef of widows. ‘Amount paid tor burial of dead...-°° ‘Amount paid for eaucation of orphia Total relief. oes Total revenue. : 907 61 ‘The report of the Grand ‘Treasurer was submitted, showing the tota! receipts to be $10,364 89, while the expenditures were $9,268 44, leaving @ cash balance of $1,096 45, INSTALLATION, The Grand OMicers were then installed Into their respective offices, the oMeccrs elect being introduced by P. G. Sire Saunders and G. Rep. White. The Grand Master made tho followin, msg ments:—Henry N. Cheever, American Lodge, 82, Grand Marshil; David Allair, Orient Lodge, 273, Grand Conductor; Christian Wiggaur, of No. 209, Grand Guardian; James Patterson, of ‘No. 9, Grand Herald. NEW YORK CITY. James Allman, of 124% Washington street, was yesterday committed by Justice Dowling, at the ‘Yombs, on a charge of having cut Willlam O'Connor, of 14 Washington street, in the head with a razor In the Court of Special Sessions yesterday the presiding Justices disposed of a calendar containing seventy-two cases, ail of which were for petty offences, involving nothing of more tan routine busin’ ss. The body of an unknown man was yesterday washed ashore on the west side of Governor's Island and made fast by the military authorities, who immediately notified Coroner Schirmer. The renfains, of which no description were given, were sent to the Morgue. Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to No. 2 Greene street to hold an inquest on the body of Thomas W. Baird, a youth of nineteen years, born in Kentucky and by trade a carriage maker, who died from fracture of the lower jaw and contusions of the head and neck, said to have been received about ten days ago by a fall. The Comptroller has been paying, throngh his paymaster, Moor Falls, during the past two days, the Boulevard workmen along the line of their work the wages due them for two weeks ending August 10, to the amount of $43,000, Much satis- faction was expressed by the workmen at the omptness with which they were paid their ow, the Comptroller having audited and signed rolls within a few honrs of thelr reception tn the Department of Finan | THE PROCESSION LAW. Meeting of Privates of the Eleventh Regiment. At the call of Orderly Sergeant P. Mucller a number of privates of the eventh regiment held amecting at the Wathall, in Orchard street, last evening, for the purpose of taking action in refer- | ence to the arrest of Captain Brandeis, of that regi- ment, for an olleged violation of the procession Jaw | one Sunday in June last. The meeting was called on the ground that the Board of OMecers of the regiment, to whom the — case had been submitted, had neglected to take action in the case to obtain satisfaction, as it is alleged | that the arrest of Captain Brandeis was illegal. | The meeting having been called to order, Orderly | Sergeant Philip Mueiler was called upon to pre- side, Several of the oflcers of the regiment were in attendance, mnong the number Lieutenant Charles Kunkel and Captain Focher, who counselled the privates assembled to await ‘further develop- | ments, stating t the board of Oficers | | in due time will do thelr duty, and characterizing | the ot processing as an fusubordinate action in awalting the reauit of the action of the authorities. Another angry discussion ensucd on @& proposition that the privates should proceed in the matter on their own hook, without the aid of oMcera, Several military laws of the United States and the orders of their oMicers, aa the oMcers were subjeet to the jaws and the orders of the generals tn comman), ment of a committee to take further action in the matter, and to report the result at the next me: ing. The committes was composed of Messrs. Win- ter, of Company ker, of Company C; Missa- ner, of Company F; Noll, of Company B, aud Starch, of Gompany 1, of which | 0 The Argentine Confederation and Its Re- lations Toward Brazil. seen Railroad Management and General Industrial Extonsion—Indian Raids on the Frontier— British Naval Guard Over English Interests—Trade at Rio and Emigrant Landings. By mail at this port we have our files of South American papers, dated in Rio Janeiro the 24th of July and in Buenos Ayres the 29th of June. The journals supply the following interesting detatls of the latest news reports trom the Empire and the States of the Contederation. Argentine Confederaiion, The River Plate Times of July 29 has the sub- joined items, dated in Buenos Ayres:— IN PRISON AND SUFFERING, Matthew Beggs, an engine driver in the service of the Nortern Railway, has been thrown into rison for the reason that he happened to be driv- ing a train on the Northern line some four months BO. which, in spite of all his endeavors to avert the accident, ran over and killed a drunken mulatto who was trespassing on the track. Beggs is held without trial or formal charge. INDIAN RAIDS ON THE CONFEDERATE FRONTIER. There has been an energetic demonstration in Congress against the conduct of the Ministry, more espectaliy as to Colonel Gainza, the Minister War, in respect to the frontier defence. Con- stant reports come in as to the depredations and atrocities committed almost daily along the whole frontier by the Indians, and Colonel Gainza was ar- raigned by the Chambers for his gross inefficiency. CONFEDERATION RELATIONS TO BRAZIL. Dr. Tejedor’s note to the Brazilian Cabinet hag given great offence in tio Janeiro, and there can be not the slightest question but that the note will have to be withdrawn tn fs public a manner as it has been issued to the world. General Mitre has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. Christopher's, and it is hoped that he will be empowered to settle the difficulties between the two governments by the only course now left open to the Argentine Republic—viz., that of withdraw- ing the deliberate insult offered to Dom Pedro by a Minister generally acknowledged to be incompe- feat for the important post whfch he at present 01 ARGENTINE RAILROADS EXTENSION. One of the important events of the fortnight has been the fnauguration of the section of the Great Southern Railway from the Salado as far as Car- men de las Flores, The entertainment was a com- plete success, and the ares number of gentlemen connected with the engineering profession who attended on the occasion expressed themselves in the highest degree gratified wiih ali they saw, and with the thoroughly solid and workmanlike man- ner in which the works had been completed, BRITISH INTERESTS PROTECTION. Her Britannic Majesty’s ship Rocket, Captain A. R. Wright, has arrived in port at Buenos Ayres, from Montevideo, some people say to be in readi- ness to protect British Interests 'n the event of the Brazilian complication resnlitng in_ war. “Knowing what we do (says the River iMate Zimes) of the protection British interests are in the habit of receiving bere, and looking to the not altogether gigantic size of our protector, such a reason for her presence is, of course, out of the question." THE THEATRES AND WEATHER, The Buenos Ayres Times of Jyne 29 refers to the above subject in the following words:—Our thea- tres, as usual, are in full swing, and generally there is an expectation among pleasure goers that the Winter season will not pass over without Its share of amusement. Speaking of the Winter season reminds us that we have passed through the “veranita de San Juan,” and, after the usual peters and rain, we are now fairly plunged into the cold weather, which, if pos- sible, is were searching here than in the Old Coun- try. Everybody has been asking about the new opera, La Condessa, at Amavi, which Is to be brought gut tonight (July 29) at the Colon Theatre. It will be good news—adds the journal above named—for those who like to know and follow the text of what ia being performed to hear that Messrs. Adams & Co., the enterprising American advertising firm, | have printed and published a libretto of the opera in spe oy which ls extremely well got up, in clear, legible type. THE TURF. And again the Plate Times says:—We publish the entries for the races which are fixed to come off at Belgrano on the 9th of July. OPERA. Brazil. THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION TO PARAGUAY. * The Brazilian transport Wasimon has left Rio Janeiro for Paragnay, with the Imperial Commis- sion on board, appointed to settle definitively the limits of that Republic with the Empire of Brazil. The members of the Comission are 8, 8. Rufino Eneas, Gustavo Galvao, Francisco Xavier Lopez de Araujo and Drs. Guillermo Carios Lassance, Au- tpl Wenceslao da Siiva da Lisboa and Joaquim ‘avier de Oliveira Punental. THR YORT OF RIO JANEIRO—ITS TRADE, FOREIGN AND HOME. The Anglo-Brazilian Times of the 24th of July supplies the following statements of news:—The returns for the first half of 1872 show that the ves- sels arriving from abroad at the port of Rio Janeiro numbered 527 sailing vessels and 174 mers, of which 32 sailing vessels and 3 steamers Brazilian, During the same time there ar- rived from ports of the Empire 600 sailing vessels and 216 steamers, of which 673 sailing vessels and 211 steamers ‘¢ Brazillian. During the same time 32,659 persons arrived by sea, namely: 7,037 Brazillia and 25,622 foreigners, of whom 6,500 native: 1 1,937 foreigners came from ports of the Empire; 483 natives and 8,367 foreigners to Rio from abroad, and 15,318 foreigners in transit. The departures were 26,763, TELEGRAPHIC EXTENSION. By royal decree the Platino-Brazileiria Tele- graphic Company has obtained authorization to eae in the Empire and approval of the statutes. ie company is formed to carry out the Lamas telegraph concessions from the Argentine and Oriental governments, with power to contract with the Brazilian government for connecting the Argentine and Oriental lines with those of Brazil, and to purchase the Lamas concession for a tele- eae cable between Rio Janeiro and Monte- vidéo. CATHOLICITY OW LONG ISLAND. pie ce eae Corner Stone of the R. C. Charch of St. Joseph, Hewlett Station. The corner stone of anew Catholic church was laid with appropriate ceremonies at Hewlett Sta- tion, Long Island, in presence of a numerous assem- blage, yesterday afternoon. The event marked an epoch in the advance of Catholicism on the island, which will long be remembered by those } who had the good fortune to be present the: at. The weather, though warm, was auspicious, and | many of the guests sojourning at the Pavillion, the opportunity presented to participate in the re- gious services of the occasion, The building, of the privates argned that they, and not the oft. cers, formed the regiment; while, on the part of the officers, was argued that the privates were subject to the | - | Dykes should be taken at the carliest possi which Is of the Gothic style, Is a frame structure, | with bell top, 36 by 80 feet in dimension, and is sit- | nated on alot 60x100 feet, the ground being the | donation of Mr. Daniel Longworth, The tout en- | semble of the structure reflects immense credit on | the young architect Thomas Hough- © ton. The enti may amount | $6,000, The one in took wn | of the leading ©: Brooklyn. Shortly nies were commenced, | Rev. Dr. Turner, V. G., officiating in the absence of | the Right Rev. Bishop. The nonics commenced with the blessing of the Water and the chanting of | the Litany of the Saints in the Latin tongue, Then came the blessing of the stone and of the entire new edifice, around which the procession wended in very headed by two torch bearers an the clergymen who partici were '. J, Landry, President St, Jon's College, | Brooklyn; Rey. John Kiely, of the Cathedral, Jay before four P. M. th pleasing array, a cruchix, strect, Brooklyn; Rev. Joseph Broneman, Rock- away; Revs. Kavanagh, Vico President, Suspension Bridge, Niagara; Carroll, East New York; Hrauver, Foster's Meudows. The cntire proceedings were en- livened. by the presence of the zealous | and faithfu! pastor of the new church of St. Joseph, Rev. Arthur J, Dorriss, The cere- | monies over, | addressed the | terms. | of the dey. | aid would be accorded the worthy pastor in his en- | deavor to pay the debt of his new church, the | reverend gentleman closed hia happy discourse. the Very Reverend Father Turnot multitude in most appropriate BEATEN BY HER SON, The Ante-Mortem Statement to be Ob- tained. Captain Charles W, Coffey, of the Twentieth pre- cinct, yesterday afternoon informed Coroner Keenan | that Mra, Margaret Dykes, who, on the 14th inst., was | terribly beaten with a club in the hands of her son, | Joseph Dykes, at their residence, 442 West Twenty | eighth street, was lying in Bellovue Hospital Ina very critieat condition, In his opinion it is highly important that the ante-moi Lem statement of ie Ihoment, as she cannot live. The assailant was arrested at the time and ts in prison awaiting the death or recovery of his mother, Such official action 93 may be necessary Will be taken. | Woodsburg and Rockaway availed themselves of | Ne congratulated them on the happy issue | asing his hopes that substantial | | Kindling-wood factory. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUAT. Assault Upon a Sea Captain. Before Commissioner Osborn. Yosterday, upon an application made by the Italian Consul, Commissioner Osborn issued a war- rant for the apprehension of one Vincenzo Lopez, a sailor employed on the Italian bark Providenzo, who Is ascused of having committed an assault upon Michael Dodero, the captain, while on the Bis seas. Lopez has been arrested and sent to jail to await the sailing of the vessel. SUPREME COURT—CHATABERS, Alleged Mlegal Commitment, Before Judge Barrett. In the case of Jeremiah Savage, committed to the schoolship Mercury by Justice Scott for petit larceny, Judge Barrett granted a writ of habeas corpus, returnable yesterday, for his discharge, on the ground of {legal coramitment. When the case was called the Commissioners simply produced the prisoner and the naked commitment, but no formal return tothe writ. Judge Barrett held that this was no return at all, and granted an order to show canse, returnable next Monday, why the Commis- sioners should not be attached for contempt. Decisions. Sackett vs. Ainse et al.—Motion In the Mattter of Eldridge vs. cation dented, Genet vs. Adams.—Motion denied, with $10 costs, In the Matter of the Aiplicaton. of Lizzie F, Mayo and Others, Infants, for Leave to Sell Real Estate.— Memorandum for counsel, Mason vs. Cram et al.—Motion denied. See memorandum. In the Matter of the Petition of Mary C. Mooney and Others.—Memorandum for‘connsel. The People, &c., vs. Ellen Williams.—I do not feel justified In PD one of the surety against the ob- jections of the District Attorney and the practice adopted by the Court of General Sessions, Bank vs. Hercules Mutual Life Assurance Society of the United States ot al.—Motion granted. ozheimer et al, vs. Fisch et al.—Motion granted. Bryant et al, vs, Stevens.—Proof of service is wanting. Singleman vs. Krebel.—Motion to reduce bail denied, with $10 costs. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. General Tweed’s Biography Contract. Before Judge Sedgwick, Frederick H. Greer vs. William M. Tweed, Jr.—In this matter, in which there is a sort of trinity, three cases having grown out of one contract to furnish a biographical sketch and accept some five or six copies of the work on the part of defendant, a mo- tion was made to open the third judgment obtained in the case, MONEE to $6,570 95. It will be re- membered, as published in the HERALD already, that two suits had been in progress, the one to re- cover $300 for the number of books engaged to be taken and the second for $27,000, which included not only the volumes to be taken, but also penalties, amounting to $165 a day for every day's delay in furnishing the biography. This second judgment was vacated by Judge Robinson in an opinion whose terms were not over complimentary to the fairness of the contract on which it was based, The present judgment differed from that entered in the second suit in so far that, instead of claiming the whole pone damages were assessed by a referee. De- fondant claims thatin this, asin the $27,000 suit, | no proper service of process had been made, ani that the judgment had been entered surreptitiously. An adjournment was asked on the part of plain- tui to prepare counter affidavits as to regularity of service of process, and, after some discussion on that subject, the Court adjourned the hearing until Tuesday next, the execution on the judgment being stayed in the meantime. Decisions. Henry J. Smith vs. James G. Tighe et al,—Motion denied, with costs. JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT, ais A Large Retarn—The Stolen Clocks— A Burglar Found in a Saloon—Em- borziement by # Clerk—The Light- Fingered Gentry—An Old Man Robs His Employer—Passing Bogus Checks— Robbery on a Steamer. The watch returns in the above Court were unusually large yesterday morning, and contained several “heavy” cases, it being nearly noon before the last prisoner was disposed of, There wero sixty-two prisoners presented for trial, forty-three of whom were held and nineteen discharged. Thirty-nine were males and twenty-three females. Nineteen were charged with intoxication, twelve with disorderly conduct, seven with being drunk and disorderly, six with assault and battery, four with petit larceny, threo = with grand larceny, three with being suspicious per- sons, two with being vagrants, two with burglary, one with felonious assault, one with false pre- tences, one with violating the Hotel act and one escaped convict from Blackwell’s Island. The latter, Robert Curran, was sent back to serve out his sentence. THE STOLEN GOODS—AN OWNER FOUND. Yesterday morning Captain McCullough, of the Eighth precinct, placed “bracelets” on the wrists of two young men named Coffey and James Lawrence, and escorted them to the Court, when they were committed without ball to answer a charge of burglary. The pris- oners, {t will be remembered, were arrested in Greene street, Monday night, upon information given by Madame Laura, having in their posses- sion a trunk containing two valuable clocks and several pieces of bronze ornaments, the facts of which have already appeared in the Hexatp. Mr. Solomon Lobe, of 37 East Thirty-eighth street, upon reading the HERaLp yesterday morning, saw @ description of the is captured by Captain, McCullough, and, surmising they were a portion of the proceeds of a burglary committed on his place of business Friday uight last, visited the station and identified the Drenerry, as belonging to him- self, A charge of burglary, charging them with forcing open the coalhole and steailng the property, was preferred against them. They denied the charge, and still claim that some person un- known to them had employed them to carry the goods to Greene street. Tne prisoners are the same persons arrested by Captain Byrne, of the Fifteenth precinct, a short time since in Wooster street, having in their possession about $1,600 worth of silk dresses and ladies’ wearlng apparel which were supposed to have been stolen. As no owner could be found for the goods, and no proof being produced that they had stolen them, they were discharged by Justice Cox. A BURGLAR CAPTURED IN A SALOON. A few minutes after four o'clock yesterday morn- ing as Officer Stanton, of the Twentieth precinct, was patrolling Eighth avenue, he discovered some rson in the liquor saloon of John Jackson, at 350, apping for assistance, he wag soon joined by another officer, when the two ‘surrounded’ the lace and ordered the young man, who had made ‘is entrance by foreing open the fanlight over the front door, to deliver himself up. He finally de- livered himself up and was found to be dressed up in Mr. Jackson's coat, which he had taken from a hook in the store and hung his o:d one in the piace ot it. On his person were tound several cigars and other articles which were fdcnti- fled by son as his property. Upon being ¢ ed to the station house in Thirty-seventh street he g his name as Hugh Tulle, sixteen years of age, residing at 154 West rhisenth street, and claimed to be employed tn & A complaint of burglary him, he was committed heing preferred egainst Without bail to auswer. EMBE/ZLEMENT BY A CLERK, OMeer Gallagher, of the recinet, presented Matthew Shine, of No, th street, whom he had arrest ven ng on com- pleint of his employer, n Vanderbilt, of 495 West Forty-sixth street, charged with embezzling nui him. The accused admitted the employer refusing to prefer @ coin- him, he was discharged. WITH STEALING A DIAMOND PIN, an, o Prospect street, Brooklyn, on Monday night cansed the arrest of Thomas Horam, of No. 6 West street, by Onicer Dunlap, of inth precinct, charged with stealing a diamond pin from him, yalucd at $200, ‘The complainant states that he had the pin on the inside ot his vest while riding on a Bleecker street car on Mon- day evening, He detected the prisoner placing nis hand on his breast, and immediately feeling for his pin found it was gone. od the charge yesterday morning, and st was twenty-two years of age aud an tuspector by occupation. He was committed, without bail, to appear for trial. CHARGED WITH ROBBING HIS ROOMMATE. John Minster, resijing at 106 Grand street, Mon- day night visited the Eighth precinct station house and represented to Captain MeCuliough that his roommate, William Galic, had broken open his trunk ducing his absence and stolen $65, Oficer Keating arresicd Galle ynd arraigned him yest day morning. He dented the charge, but was fully committed for trial. THR DANGERS OF WALKING ON THE BOWERY. Chailes Metcalf, of 40 West Houston street, on Monday night becane somewhat jubliant over sev- eral drinks of clection whiskey aud concluded to take a promenade on the Howery, In order to present f& reepectable appearance he or. namented himself with a wateh cuain, to the ntti $12 in hgcry | charge, but his end of whieh was ¢ abunch of keys, Ashe waa strolling aon’ looklae tn tie nows James Lynch, one of tie | ta, no tleing his condition, and alw carn an honest doliar, took his stand neside of Metcalf and, placing his hand on his watch chain, soon hed the bynch of keys in his hand. He was so much disgusted at bis Ill luck that he dropped the keys and was Flot wal away, when Detectives Tully and who noticed his movements, ste] ‘up and Pron grin ne i the Central ys prisoner complainant were locke a med morning, when a ome a L-¥ @ person Was preterred agains! le Ho'dentea the feares, but vas fully committed for AN OLD MAN ADMITS ROBBING HIS BMPLOYER. Leon Gassada, a gray-haired, respectable-looking looking man, sixty years of age, residing at No. 34 Bleecker street, Was arrested on Monday night b; Detective Henderson, of the Fifteenth precinct, upon complaint of his employer, Alexander C, Ale- mana, of 99 Bleecker street, who charges him with appropriating $1,900 of his money to his own use. The come piathents States that the prisoner has becn in his employ for some time, selling is on commission. During the past two montis he sold the above amount of goods and appropriated the money to his own use. The priacper admitted collecting the money, but clat! some other person had been a8 on pal rsa oe Rig and induced him to do be Lit own confession committed for examination. ; sing Charles HINSORDED ON A Sreawun. man, @ colored waiter employed oi the steamer Rising Star, running from Taspinwall to this city, was presented by OMcer Kennedy, of the Twenty-sixth precinct, charged with robbing several paneer ers on the last trip to this city, Nicolas Jimeno Collante was the only complainant who appeared against him, and charged him with entering his stateroom and stealing $80 in gold. Another pomreneer, named W. P, Mitchell, also was robbed of $8 in Oe during the passage, and Is of the opinion that Hillman took it, but owlng to the small amount, refused to appear against him. The prisoner denied the charge, but was fully com- mitted for trial. PASSING BOGUS CHECKS, On the 18th inst. Willlam Rudolph, of 233 Thomp- son street, charges that James E. Pretto visited his store and purchased a pair of gaiters for $6 50. He offered in payment check for $200n the Eighth National Bank, No. 660 Broadway, drawn payable to his own order, and signed A. Wolf & Co., which he represented as good and that it would be honored upon presentation at the bank. Believing his statements to be true Rudolph accepted the check and paid Pretto the balance. He claims the check to be worthless, as he says there 18 no such house in this city. The prisoner donied the charge, but was committed in default of $500 bail to appear for trial at the Special Sessions, A BRUTAL MURDER. Terrible Results of Rum-Drinking in Westchester County. Hewing a Man to Death with an Aze—A New Mode of Treating Dissatisfied Boarders— Attempted Double Murder—Fiendish Features of the Crime and Es- cape of the Perpetrator. A large number of deeply interested citizens as. sembled in the Town Hall, at New Rochelle, West- chester county, on Monday evening, to witness the proceedings of an adjourned inquest, held by Cor- oner Meeks, laborer named Mathew Curran near that village at an early hour on Sunday morning. The jury selected on the occasion was, in the matter of in- telligence, an exceptional one, Justice William R, Humphrey acting as foreman. From the most authentic sources it has been ascertained that the taking off of Curran cannot but be regarded in the Ught of an inhuman butchery. Deceased, it appears, was a railroad laborer, about fifty years old, and owing to an in- jury received some time ago was so lame that he was compelled to walk witha stick. He, together with some filtcen others, boarded with a man named John Cody, who kept a place in the lower portion of the village and on the Pel- hamville road, All of the parties worked on the railroad now in course of | construction between the Harlem River and West- chester, Tie men having been paid on the 10th instant, os was their custom, drank heavily, keep- ing up the spree without intermission until the tragedy occurred, THE CAROUSE, it is said, was participated in by Cody and his wife, causing the latter to so neglect her household duties that the boarders were unable to procure thelr regular meals. Among those who be- came dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs were the deceased and a man named Michael Foley, both of whom left Cody's boarding house last Friday and took up their abode with a party named Barton, who keeps a place of enter- tainment in the immediate neighborhood. Arriv- ing at the latter place deceased and Foley resumed their spree, drinking deeply until Saturday night, when, between ten and eleven o'clock, the intoxt- cated pair strolled out, as was supposed, to make the rounds of the LOW DRINKING SHOPS in the neighborhood. Next morning the deccased was found CERORIS S Grek piace kept by one Gatey, covered with blood and tna dying condl- tlon, having received several cuts on the head, one of which, in the anterior portion of the skull, was a frightful gash, through which the brain was oozing. The unfortunate man was allowed to re- main by the roadside until he died, about seven o'clock on Sunday morning. Foley, it appears, had also been attacked during the night, and ‘after being brutally beaten on the head with « stone or soine other blunt instrument, wandered about in a seml-unconscious state until morning, when, on examination, it was found that, in addition toa number of severe scalp wounds, he had also sus- tained - A FRACTURE OF THE SKULL. The testimony given by Foley, before he was sent for surgical treatment to the County Poorhouse, goes to show that Cody elther followed or accti- dentally met the deceased and himself on Friday night, and while infamed with lquor and enraged vecanse they had left his boarding house, first attacked Foley with a rock, beating him as above described, and then deliberately went to his house (which was not far from the spot where the murder was committed) and returning with an axe dealt the deceased several RDEROUS BLOWS ON THE HEAD. of death waa plainly observed by Foley, who had crawled into a place of concealment after | having his head pounded almost to a Jelly by the | infuriated Cody. The injured man also testified that Cody returned to the spot where his victim lay groaning in about an hour after he had buried the ‘axe in his skull, and finding hun still altve said, soliliquizingly,-“Mat Curran, you son of @ b—h, ain't you dead yet?” and raising THE AXE AGAIN brought it down with flendish violence on the de- fenceiess head of his expiring victim. The state- ment of Foley was corroborated in many material a by witnesses who were called to testify at he inquest, which resulted in a verdict bet! rendered that deceased came to his death throug! injuries received by an axe in the hands of Cody. The murdorer disappeared on hearing of Curran’s death, and up to last evening had not bee! arrested, although Detective George P. Govens, of New Rochelle, aided by New York detectives, were believed to be on his track. In connection with the escape of the murderer, considerable dissatisfaction exists among the citi- zens of New Rocheile with the action of Justice Porter in the premises, It seoms that Cody, having heard of the probable death of his victim, at about Six o'clock on Sunday morning hastened to the house of Justice Porter and told that oficial that he had had a quarrel with two men, whom he feared would die, | and that he wished to surrender himself, The Jus- | tice is said to have replied that he did nde do busi- | ness on Sunday, and told Cody to report himself to the village constable and he would attend to the matter next day. The murdered man was buried by the town an- thorities after a post-mortem examination had been held on the body, Foley, who fs the principal witness against the murderer, 18 believed to be in a fair way tb recover, DEATH OF A NEWARK ALDERMAN, Alderman Iva Budd, of Newark, whose frightful | fall from a carriage in that city last Sunday evening | was reported in Monday's HERALD, died yesterday morning, between four and five o'clock, at his home in Lafayette street, Up to Monday evening | hopes were indulged that the injured man might | be saved, but when about to perform the surgical operation known as trepanning, the doctors dis- touching the brutal murder of a | | the same principle that a husband might | covered that the fracture of the skull extended over six inches, and that the brain was covered with | blood. It was thon agreed that there was no hope for him. He died in the midst of his friends. with | out showing « sign of consclousness from the time of the aecident. He wasanative of Harrison township, in his forty-seventh year, had lived in Newark twenty years, and was worth probably $59,000, Tn politics he was a republican, but of a disposition so genial that he was twice elected ina democratic ward. Yesterday afternoon a special meeting of the Common Council was held to take official notice of Mr. Budd's death. Alter a brief speech by the President a series of ressolutions were adopted eulogistic of the Mleceased and re- gretting iis sudden and awful ak om, The Coun- cil Chamber was draped in mourning, as also the front of the y Hall, It ts not likely that anv 1 election will be held to Bt the yrancs = deaih, as the city charter p H In cage any such vacancy sii thres months beiore the first Tuesda ne any year, it shall be within the dis Common Connell to appoint a spe not as they shall deem expedient, tekes plage om Friday. = How the Political Straws Blow in California. GREELEY TACTICIANS IN VERMONT. Sentiments Prevailing on the Shores of Lake Erie, Samuel J, Tilden’s Ambition Carrying Him Toward the White Honse. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Auguat 19, 1872. Starting West to see how tho Fallcampaign might be going in the States of which Chicago ia, the chief olty, I first met Edgar Milla, brother of D, 0. MILLS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BANK OF CALI- FORNIA, He was on his way to the Pacific coast to take post. tion at the head of his great branch bank in Sacra- mento. “How does Mr. Greeley stand on your coast, Mr. Mills?” | ‘ “He can’t carry there, in my judgment. Iam surprised to see what headway the thing has got in the East. We don't think everything of Grant, but Greeley can make very little impression on him, The coast is republican; the party is well gathered up with us; the newspaper press Itolds by the regu- lar ticket; and the democrats will not poll their full vote, What we call the Mick’? element—the Irish— will support Greeiey; but the ‘“chiv.’’ (rebel ohiv- alry) element, which is strong and stubborn, takes an askant look at the platform of their recantation, Very wealthy democrats in parts of our country have come gradually to be identified with commer. clal enterprises which are dependent upon fedoral stability, and therefore you will meet old Missisaip-.. plans, Tennesceans, Georgians and Texans, long residents among us, who are building railroads, flumes, canals, anchorages, &c., and will support Grant on business grounds though they don't much lke him,’ “How does Ralston, the cashler of the bank end ruling influence on the const, a8 some say, stand on this issue?” “Ralston ts not a very ardent Grant man, but he will not do anything for Greeley." “It may be,” sald Mr. Mills, “that this Greeley tide will rise our way; but when I left home it was hardly ebb and flow, I must confess that the fervor for Greeley in the East is more general and decided than I supposed. VERMONT TENDENCIES, Meeting Mr. Daniel Roberts and some Yermont- ers from the city of Burlington they attested as follows :— Mr. Roberts, an abolitionist forme:ly, a republi- can still and a lawyer of clear head and reasoning force, satd:—“We have nominated in Vermont a fasion State ticket, which, we expect, will draw 5,000 votes from the regular ticket, making a change of 10,000 and reducing the republican ma- jority to say 15,000, This change will be all, under the circumstances, desired at the Stato election, As the other States declare in their State elections for Greeley, we shall expect to keep up the fire here and reduce the republican vote to an equal thing or less by November. We had a harmonious State Convention at Burlington, where Kilpatrick made the popular speech, but James S. Thayer, of New York, made the reasoning speech, We want this State to be canvassed by men like Mr. Thayer. Vermont is almost immemorially anti-democratic; but Greeloy’s Tribune is the farmer's campaiga \ document. He has got it fora year and must read ° it to save his money.” Mr. George H. Biglow, @ public man and edits, also of Burlington, Vt., who supports Grant, gave still a fair view of the situation as follows:—‘Thete is some defection here, but in tho city of Burling- ton I believe that only fifty-six voters are claimed by the Greeley republicans, and o/ these ouly about a dozen have shown their hands. It is not assumed that there will not be a large falling off in the regular democratic vote, and there will also be some republicans who will vote neither for Grant nor Greeley. Adams would have been ® more winning nomination for these parts by the republican bolters. The ablest democrat in this State, and in point of tone and bearing, the fore- most leader {n the State, some think, of either party, is Edward Phelps, # lawyer, of Burlington, le Wasa Fillmore and Bell man formerly. Ht! wife says of him—he 1s now absent in Europe—thit he will not support Mr. Greeley. The fusion State ticket has no ghost of a chance, though it has a con. * ple of good names on it. Vermont is for Grant by the same relative majority as formerly. The party is too strong to go down with horn-blowing, like Jericho, When it hg as weak as Jericho appeara to have been Grecley may unfix a battiement or two that way.” THE REBEL ARCHIVE DEALER. At the Clifton House, on the Canada -side of the Niagara Falls—that spot of ground by the gorge of tne deep river which has just leaped the cataract and been borne again into @ sort of purgatorial life—a man was pointed out tome witha youngish + and yet wrinkled look, florid hair and beard, near « sighted eyes and (Petal and a professional s0i«~ dierly air, stern and secretive, and on the whol repossessing, as Pickett, the ex-rebel officer Who id just precipitated the country back into ugly memories and opened the bloody chasm, by tradin; fn) Contedarete documents to the high fgure “phat money,” said one indignant bystander, being told that Mr. er “Colonel” Pickett was the recipient of it, “‘was paid by the United States. on ity it. to be assured that his wife had been fo! a Jeman. It was no ground for divorce, but merely acquired to promote housvhold strife” The portrait, the trade and the result seemed to be properly suited to the spot-—the Smugglere’ Korder—the worst place in many respects in North, America by association, Nature's sublimest .and most awiul energies mingling along that little Niagara line with all the forms of human error and vice—war, men over the Falls, International counterfeiting, bagga; smashing, Sol Davis, imposition upon travellers, banishment, Fenian in- vasions, Canadian revolt, spies, custom-house abuses and the sale of smaltpox clothes and doct nents. . ‘Interview any of these people," said I to myself; “interview Jake Thompson, or Sanders, or the host of Morgan, tne murdered Mason, of Pickett? No! It would be the propagation of sdcial, mol and national epidemic, after the Dr. Blackbur fashion. I would rather deal ta the old clothes of Judas than with any of these dealers in the rags of dead treasons. THE GREFLEY DEPRESSION ON THE ERIE LINK. Itis not to be doubted that the Greeley men in Western New York are despondent. They claim that all the elements, numbers, arguments. and in- fnences are vasuy in their favor, and that they ought to realize the 100,000 majority prophesied at Baltimore overnor Hoffman, and yet tiey are depressed about the city of New York, “There,” said the Hoo. Joseph Warren, “we have hing but a commander. The fifty thousand We onght to be assured of is likely to be away by the incompetency of the new directory of the democratic forces to solidify un- Willing masses and control them in the face of the disintegrating labors of O’Brien and Murphy. I mean that when Tammany [all was made re- spectablo In names its organization was not kept up cud its machinery—the same machinery which O'Brien and Murph) ve added to the Custom House party, that which puts voters in discipline and brings them out to vote—was abandoned.” NEW YORE CITY WAVERING. This opinion prevailed from Albany to Butlalo:, ‘nat t ew Tammany Hail ts deficient in men of litical marshalship, Another democ sald that it was the simplest thing in © world to give vitality and alrection to the great Greeley majority of New York, and thas was to retustate some one ca the head of the Tainmany ¢ the old trio, but one acquain of organization, as O'Brien nhe put th generalissimo ag imandery—none ol d with their method in an inferior degree, said system into the epublicans, aun saida veteran politician, “wo rommandery and battalion discipline pie men who do not act unless feel. Ing themselves part of the general Cr pant Ba A Subject of general complaint and apprehension among the democrats and liberals ts the mysterious course of the HON. SAMUEL J. TILDEN. This fox of politics is moving midway bdotween Schell and Holtman, Church and Beach, the Custom House and Apollo Hall, Tammany Hall and the Committee of Seventy, toward his own exelted object of pursalt—the Presidency of the United States, je comes nearest Martin Van Buren of any of the notablo men of New York In the mystery of his movements, the short. nesa of his parallel approaches and the infinite dictanoe of his designs, He wants Ho'tmen thrown 0 raed Barnard, Schell wil Greeley, and with one hand on the Committee of Seventy and the other on Jimmy O'Brien's shoulder, he hopes to fy by the aid of a kite, composed of equal parts of CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE, otf &